Clasp for belts, &amp;c.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

H. G. SUDELL.

CLASP FOR BELTS; &o.

Arrmpu'mn FILED APR. 5, 1907.

THE uanms PITIRS co, wnsmnamu. 04 c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT G. SUDELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DAVID COONS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLASP FOR BELTS, 850.

N 0. 866,535. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed April 5, 1907. Serial No. 366,591.

To all whom it may concern: openings are formed. The end of the belt or other Be it known that I, HERBERT G. SUDELL, a citizen article can thus be laid upon the base 1 of the clasp of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennwhile the grip lever is detached therefrom, and the lugs sylvania, have invented certain Improvements in 5 of said lever can then be slipped through the slots 7 5 Clasps for Belts, &c., of which the following is a speciinto the pivot openings 6 in a direction inclined in refication. spect to the direction of thrust of the lever and the lever The object of my invention is to so construct a clasp then turned so as to cause its toothed jaw 4 to engage for the end of a belt or other article of apparel as to and retain the material between it and the base 1. as overcome the difficulty now experienced in attaching shown in Fig. 2. By this means the difliculty here- 10 such a clasp to the article, and to permit of the clasptofore experienced in introducing the material being of a body of any required thickness. tween the two permanently connected parts of the clasp This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set is effectually overcome, and the clasp can be applied forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawto or removed from the belt or other article without ing, in which trouble, and Without regard to the bulk of the article. Figure 1 is a perspective view showing part of the end By preference the lugs 5 are bent at an angle to the of a belt and the two parts of my improved clasp thorejaw 4 of the lever, whereby, when the latter is defor, detached from one another, Fig. 2 is a perspective pressed and the toothed lower end of the jaw swings view showing the two parts of the clasp in connected forwardly beyond the pivotal axis or the lever, the relation, with the end of the belt secured between. ugs5will occupyasubstantially vertical position in the them, and Fig. 3 is aside view of the same. openings 6 and will thus direct the strain away from The clasp comprises a base portion 1, with upwardly the slots 7, and lessen the chance of accidental release projecting ears 2, one at each end, and a gripping lever 3 of the two parts of the clasp. with toothed jaw 4 and oppositely projecting lugs 5 I claim: which, when the two part of the clasp are in perative 1. A clasp for belts or like articles of apparel, comprisrelation to one another, enter openin 6, for d i th s a base member and a grip lever pivotally connected to said base member by open bearings and laterally confined ears 2 and thus serve as the plvotal members of the thereto, whereby the said grip lever may be applied to lever Clasps of thls yp are usually made with and detached from said base member by movement in a circular openings in the ears 2 for the reception of the direction inclined in respect to the direction of thrust of pivot lugs 5 of the grip lever; consequently, when the the level" r j parts are once in operative relation, they cannot be dis- Ajclasp for Felts or ik armies alipmiel (fomplls' mg a base member and a grip lever, said grip lever having Connected and c dlmculty 1s expenenced m projecting pivot lugs and the base member having ears troducing between them the material to be held therewith pivot openings and slots leading thereto and through by, especially if the latter presents any consid rabl which the pivot lugs may be passed into and out of the l pivot openings. bulk as m the Case of the lapped or 0 ded end of belt 3. A clasp for belts or like articles of apparel, comprisof ppa ing a base member and a grip lever, the base member hav- My invention consists in so constructing the two ing openings with slots leading thereto and the grip lever parts of the clasp that they can be readily connected having p v t u inclined in respect to the p from and disconnected, whereby the article to be clasped Whlch e pmJect' b d t h fth 1 In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this can d a luste d p g fi u 8 parts 0 f e C l i specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 40 are isconnecte an t ere ore 0 not inter ere wit HERBERT G. SUDELL. such adprstment. In the present instance this result Witnesses: is attained by providing slots 7 leading from the pivot HAMILTON TURNER, openings 6 to the upper edges of the ears in which such KATE A. Bnannn. 

